Before & After Pics Highlight HGTV Star Hilary Farr's Gorgeous Gray Hair Transformation
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Hilary Farr, the cheerful, longtime host of HGTV's "Love It or List It" and "Tough Love with Hilary Farr," is inspiring women with her major beauty transformation. The retired television star is now one of many celebrities who are embracing their graying natural hair. Instead of her former chocolate brown locks, Farr is now rocking shoulder-length gray hair. With her cool-toned color palette, Farr's features absolutely pop when set against the new shade. It helps that the elegant silvery tone has incredible multi-colored depth, and Farr's cut is a perfect hairstyle for showing off gray hair.
In the past, Farr has been better known for shocking viewers with bold new home styles than with big beauty changeups. Still, her fans have expressed enthusiasm for the change. "Love you, your hair is fire," wrote one Instagram commenter. "You rock the grey hair," wrote another Instagram commenter. Meanwhile, Farr has some advice for anyone looking to make their own change — she recommends taking the plunge and at least trying it out. "Grow it out and if you hate it — go back to coloring your hair," Farr advised one fan (via TVInsider).
It can be tricky to know when to fully embrace your natural gray
While plenty of people are celebrating Hilary Farr's transition to gray hair, the choice to stop dying one's hair can feel fraught for many women. After all, beauty standards have historically put intense pressure on women to look as young as possible. There are plenty of strategies for making the change, including a maintenance hair technique that helps blend gray hair seamlessly, but knowing when to commit to the change can be the trickiest part.
Fortunately, beauty standards are rapidly becoming less ageist, and gray hair is getting more popular. Still, how do you know when it's time to make the shift? It might be when you're tired of dealing with the effort and expensive of maintaining your color, especially because gray hair becomes harder to dye with time. "This means you have to color more often, and this starts to become an exhausting (and unsustainable) time and money drain that never ends with healthy hair," Lorraine Massey, author of "Silver Hair: The Handbook," told Real Simple. "Remember that unhealthy hair can often age you more than the color itself." The right hairstylist can help you tweak the style or tone so the gray best suits your features.